Professional, Ethical, and Legal Practices for
Special Education - D002 UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
modifacation - CORRECT ANSWER - changes the expectation of the learning activity
accommodation - CORRECT ANSWER - changes the presentation, location & timing of
students responses
Brown v. Topeka Board of Education - CORRECT ANSWER - 1954
Called for Topeka's school district to reverse their policy of racial segregation in it's schools. All
students should have an equal opportunity in education(even with a disability).
Hobsen v. Hansen - CORRECT ANSWER - 1967- Julius Hobson, a civil rights activist,
filed a class action lawsuit against the Board of Education of the District of Colombia and the
superintendent, Carl Hansen, for discriminatory practices against minority group (low-income
and African American) children, contending that minority group students were being
disproportionately assigned to lower-ability tracks and therefore denied equal education
opportunities.
Diana v. California State Board of Education - CORRECT ANSWER - 1970-9 Mexican-
american students led by a student named Diana....
children tested for potential placement in a special education program must be assessed in their
native language
PARC(Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children) v. Common wealth of Pennsylvania -
CORRECT ANSWER - 1971- PARC sued the state over a law that enabled officials to
deny their disabled children access to school.
,Mills v. Board of Education - CORRECT ANSWER - which case in 1972 ruled that
students cannot be excluded from school because of a disability
Students in Washington D.C who had been excluded from public schools bc of learning and
behavioral problems filed suit.
Larry P. v. Riles - CORRECT ANSWER - Case Ruled that IQ test could not be used as the
primary or sole basis of placing students in special programs
Challenged the disproportionate placement of A.A children in SPED solely based on IQ testing.
Board of Education of the Henpeck Hudson School System v. Rowley - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1982-. Rowley's parents requested that the school provide her with a sign-
language interpreter instead of other forms of assistance identified in the IEP.
Is there a limit on what services schools provide to students?
An independent examiner agreed with the school that an interpreter was unnecessary
Irving Independent School District v. Tatro - CORRECT ANSWER - 1984-Forced schools
to provide non- physician required medical services to allow a physically impaired student to
attend school. Consequently, she must be catheterized every three or four hours to avoid injury to
her kidneys.
Is there a limit on what school personnel should have to do?
Honing v. Doe - CORRECT ANSWER - Administrators tried to indefinitely expel two
students with emotional disturbance disorders..
Ruled that students with disabilities may not be excluded for misbehavior that is disability
related, but services could cease if the behavior is not related to the disability
, Daniel R.R. v. State Board of Education - CORRECT ANSWER - In Daniel R.R. v. State
Board of Education, a six year old child, Daniel, who had Down Syndrome, was placed in a half-
day special education class with the other half spent in a tradition Pre-Kindergarten program at
the request of his parents. After a period of time, it was determined that Daniel was not
benefiting from the placement in the traditional Pre-Kindergarten class and was placed in the
Early Childhood Education class with time granted to spent with peers without disabilities during
lunch and recess.
Both the district and the circuit court upheld the school's decision to move Daniel to an all-day
early childhood special education class.
Jean Itard - CORRECT ANSWER - Father of Special Education
French Physician
-worked with Deaf-"wild child" experiment
-created sensory training model
Edouard Seguin - CORRECT ANSWER - A pupil of Itard, French physician responsible
for developing teaching methods for children with mental retardation. His training emphasized
sensorimotor activities. After immigrating to the United States, he helped to found an
organization that was the forerunner of the American Association on Intellectual and
Developmental Disabilities.
Alfred Binet - CORRECT ANSWER - -French Psychologist (1890's)
-interest in the nature of intellect
-published first test in 1905
-test meant to measure potential of low ability children-measures 'mental age'
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet - CORRECT ANSWER - Founded the first school of the deaf
in the United States
It was called the "Connecticut Asylum (at Hartford) for the Education and Instruction of Deaf
and Dumb Persons," but it is now known as the American School for the Deaf.
Special Education - D002 UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
modifacation - CORRECT ANSWER - changes the expectation of the learning activity
accommodation - CORRECT ANSWER - changes the presentation, location & timing of
students responses
Brown v. Topeka Board of Education - CORRECT ANSWER - 1954
Called for Topeka's school district to reverse their policy of racial segregation in it's schools. All
students should have an equal opportunity in education(even with a disability).
Hobsen v. Hansen - CORRECT ANSWER - 1967- Julius Hobson, a civil rights activist,
filed a class action lawsuit against the Board of Education of the District of Colombia and the
superintendent, Carl Hansen, for discriminatory practices against minority group (low-income
and African American) children, contending that minority group students were being
disproportionately assigned to lower-ability tracks and therefore denied equal education
opportunities.
Diana v. California State Board of Education - CORRECT ANSWER - 1970-9 Mexican-
american students led by a student named Diana....
children tested for potential placement in a special education program must be assessed in their
native language
PARC(Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children) v. Common wealth of Pennsylvania -
CORRECT ANSWER - 1971- PARC sued the state over a law that enabled officials to
deny their disabled children access to school.
,Mills v. Board of Education - CORRECT ANSWER - which case in 1972 ruled that
students cannot be excluded from school because of a disability
Students in Washington D.C who had been excluded from public schools bc of learning and
behavioral problems filed suit.
Larry P. v. Riles - CORRECT ANSWER - Case Ruled that IQ test could not be used as the
primary or sole basis of placing students in special programs
Challenged the disproportionate placement of A.A children in SPED solely based on IQ testing.
Board of Education of the Henpeck Hudson School System v. Rowley - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1982-. Rowley's parents requested that the school provide her with a sign-
language interpreter instead of other forms of assistance identified in the IEP.
Is there a limit on what services schools provide to students?
An independent examiner agreed with the school that an interpreter was unnecessary
Irving Independent School District v. Tatro - CORRECT ANSWER - 1984-Forced schools
to provide non- physician required medical services to allow a physically impaired student to
attend school. Consequently, she must be catheterized every three or four hours to avoid injury to
her kidneys.
Is there a limit on what school personnel should have to do?
Honing v. Doe - CORRECT ANSWER - Administrators tried to indefinitely expel two
students with emotional disturbance disorders..
Ruled that students with disabilities may not be excluded for misbehavior that is disability
related, but services could cease if the behavior is not related to the disability
, Daniel R.R. v. State Board of Education - CORRECT ANSWER - In Daniel R.R. v. State
Board of Education, a six year old child, Daniel, who had Down Syndrome, was placed in a half-
day special education class with the other half spent in a tradition Pre-Kindergarten program at
the request of his parents. After a period of time, it was determined that Daniel was not
benefiting from the placement in the traditional Pre-Kindergarten class and was placed in the
Early Childhood Education class with time granted to spent with peers without disabilities during
lunch and recess.
Both the district and the circuit court upheld the school's decision to move Daniel to an all-day
early childhood special education class.
Jean Itard - CORRECT ANSWER - Father of Special Education
French Physician
-worked with Deaf-"wild child" experiment
-created sensory training model
Edouard Seguin - CORRECT ANSWER - A pupil of Itard, French physician responsible
for developing teaching methods for children with mental retardation. His training emphasized
sensorimotor activities. After immigrating to the United States, he helped to found an
organization that was the forerunner of the American Association on Intellectual and
Developmental Disabilities.
Alfred Binet - CORRECT ANSWER - -French Psychologist (1890's)
-interest in the nature of intellect
-published first test in 1905
-test meant to measure potential of low ability children-measures 'mental age'
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet - CORRECT ANSWER - Founded the first school of the deaf
in the United States
It was called the "Connecticut Asylum (at Hartford) for the Education and Instruction of Deaf
and Dumb Persons," but it is now known as the American School for the Deaf.
